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Corey Brown - Age 25
How he became a Nat: He came over with Henry Rodriguez in the trade that sent Josh Willingham to Oakland.
The Raw Numbers:
Games - 3
ABs - 3
AVG - .000
K - 2
WAR - -0.1
Key Stat: 0.0 Innings. This is the amount of innings that Corey Brown played in the field this past year. Awesome.
Best Game: This is without-a-doubt been my favorite write-up of the series thus far, and part of the sheer ridiculousness of this series. Corey Brown had just 3 at-bats this year for the Nats before sitting out the last two weeks of the season with a staph infection; he struck out in two of the three at-bats. That being said, his best game of the season was his Major League debut, September 6th against the LA Dodgers - he flied out with the bases loaded in his lone at-bat.
Worst Game: Picking from his other two games, I would say that his worst game was September 11th against Houston - he struck out looking with two-on.
CapBall Grade: D. I have a feeling that we would've seen Brown get his first MLB hit and seen his first field action had he not been sidelined for the 2nd half of September with a Staph Infection. I declined to give him an F solely because the guy made his MLB Debut and that's worth celebrating.
2012 Nats Status: Corey Brown is on a one-way ticket to Syracuse. Since he crushed AA pitching in 2009-10 while in the A's system (.298/.387/.496) he has been abysmal at the dish at the AAA level with a slash line of .224/.308/.395. He won't make it back to the Majors before he learns how to hit MLB-ready pitching. I also could see Brown being a carbon copy of Bernadina, with the back-and-forth between DC and Syracuse.
I consider myself to be pretty knowledgeable about the Nats but I have to confess than I could not pick this kid out of a line up. I also don't remember those at-bats. I do remember hearing about someone with a staph infection - nice claim to fame. Does he have a position or is he a utility guy? I think he needs to go back to the minors, forget his call-up and start over with a clean slate. I hope he is healthy now, though. Staph can be nasty.
ReplyDeleteMarrero, Lombardozzi, Peacock, Milone - those are the minor leaguers who we buzzed about for half the season before they finally got the call. Corey Brown - not so much. Perhaps somebody had expectations of what role he might play, but I didn't hear that chatter. Wasn't he there in spring training? I forget what he did, though.
ReplyDeleteHe is a CF.
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